Joshua 16:4
What does Joshua 16:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 16:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their heritage.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the sons of Joseph--Manasseh and Ephraim--inherit.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Manasses and Ephraim the children of Joseph possessed it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
Context
v.3and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer; and the goings out thereof were at the sea.
v.4This passage
v.5And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 17:14
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me?
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